PRG Holdings Berhad Annual Report 2020

3.3 Corporate Social Responsibility As a continuous effort in giving back to the society, the Group would seek opportunities to get involved in various community programmes. The Group’s approaches towards community involvement are as follows: • foster collaboration with local authorities in the areas of charity work; • engage with the community and ensure the Group’s business activities are always carried out in the interests of the community; and • provision of career opportunities to the locals and promoting the development of the community’s economy. Apart from that, the Group also involves in charity programmes devised to provide support to the organisations or institutions that are involved in welfare, health and educational activities aimed at improving quality of life of the society. COVID-19 RESPONSE Year 2020 has been a tough year for many of us due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has severely affected the global health, social and economic systems. The Malaysian Government had announced the MCO started from 18 March 2020 which the country was lockdown nationwide and the international borders was closed to control the spread of the coronavirus. However, these measures also disrupted the global supply chains and business operations. Protection of our employees The Group had implemented several measures to ensure our employees are able to work in a safe environment where the exposure risks to COVID-19 are minimised. The details measures taken by the Group were disclosed in Section 3.1.1 of this Statement. Shift to virtual engagement platforms In order to ensure the safety of our stakeholders, the Group had moved some of our engagement activities to virtual platforms. In FY2020, the Company had organised our first virtual Extraordinary General Meeting with shareholders remote participation and voting. Annual Report 2020 Sustainability Report cont’d 37